29 Aug 2024- Evening Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

11. According to UGC Regulations 2018 on Plagiarism, Which of the following percentages of similarity in a research article would result in denial of one annual increment to 8 university teacher ?

Correct Answer: (5) 1 & 3

12. Which of the following types of sampling is likely to have maximum bias ?

Correct Answer: (3) Snowball sampling

13. Identify the threats to internal validity associated with participants in 8 study.

(A) Testing threat
(B) Selection threat
(C) History threat
(D) Attrition threat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (B), (C) and (D) Only

14. Arrange the data sets with following means (x̄) and standard deviations (σ) in increasing order of their coefficients of variation :

(A)  σ = 3.7,  x̄ = 20
(B)  σ = 4.3,  x̄ = 25
(C)  σ = 5.2,  x̄ = 35
(D)  σ = 6.1,  x̄ = 40

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (C), (D), (B), (A)

15. Match List - I with List - II,

List – I (Variable)List – II (Description)
(A) Dichotomous variable(I) Is causally influenced by another variable
(B) Independent variable(II) Where distances between categories are identical across its range of categories
(C) Dependent variable(III) Has just two categories
(D) Interval variable(IV) Has a causal impact on another variable

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

16. The interactive technologies are responsible for the appearance of :

Correct Answer: (4) Second media age

17. The interactive society is based on integration of :

Correct Answer: (1) Multiple communication modes

18. The post-modern mass media have the characteristics of :

(A) Immobility
(B) Mobility
(C) Globalisation
(D) Simulation
(E) Linearity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (B), (C), (D) Only

19. Identify the chronological sequence of the following communication devices :

(A) Audio cassettes
(B) Long playing record
(C) Magnetic tape
(D) Compact discs
(E) MP3

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (C), (B), (A), (D), (E)

20. Match List - I with List - II,

List – I (Concept of profit)List – II (Description)
(A) Synergy(I) Strong incentive to replicate a successful format
(B) Planned obsolescence(II) Media obsession with sensationalism
(C) Logic of safety(III) Horizontal integration of subsidiary media companies
(D) Spectacle(IV) Planned Phasing out of product

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)